조선시대 ‘선소’와 ‘선창’의 용례와 개념

Abstract

The term Seonso(船所) has been used in lots of articles and papers since the appearance of the term in the Chosun period, but the word is not found in any dictionary in modern times. Seonso meant a port where a warship or tax shipping freighter anchored in the early Chosun, but Seonchang(船搶) and Seonchang(船倉) were used as ‘Warship dock’, ‘dock’, or certain specific space for naval warships. Entering the mid-Chosun, the term Seonchang(船滄) and Seonchang(船倉) got used, and in Seonchang, there built some structures such as a warehouse to keep weapon or land product and port facilities in order to tie an anchored ship, which was why they were called in different term. In late Chosun, the term Seonso was commonly used, but it was mixed with the facility term such as Seonchang(船搶/船滄), Seonchang as a warehouse(船倉), Jeonseonchang(戰船廠 meaning a warship dock), and Daebyeonjeong(待變亭 kind of a pavilion). Thus, the meaning of Seonso could be established as a ‘certain specific military space including port facilities for warships anchored and primary general services of the naval forces’. On the other hand, the meaning of Seonchang was quite different in its term itself. ‘Seonchang(船艙), Seonchang(船搶), Seonchang(船倉), Seonchang(船滄), Seonchang(船槍), Seonchang(船廠), and Seonchang(船窓)’, they all have the same pronunciation with a different Chinese character. The term Seonchang contains more diverse meanings in its usage than Seonso. Even if the term Seonchang commonly has the concept of ‘berth or quay’, it is not a certain single meaning to be applied to anywhere or anything as the same concept. For the use of the terms Seonso and Seonchang, we, therefore, should define the accurate meaning of the term according to the times and examples they were used, and it would be helpful to add their Chinese character.